Incorporated: 1785
Population: 4,467
County Name: Carroll
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Ossipee
PO Box 67
55 Main Street
Center Ossipee, NH 03814

Phone: 603-539-4181
Fax: 603-539-4183
Website: ossipee.org

Origin:
Originally known as Wigwam Village, and then New Garden, the town was named for the Ossipee Indians, one of the twelve Algonquin tribes. It was once the site of an Indian stockade fort, designed to protect the tribe from Mohawks in the west. In 1725, the Indian stockade was destroyed, and then rebuilt by Captain John Lovewell. The new fort was one of the largest in New England.

More about Ossipee:
Ossipee is the county seat for Carroll County and the largest town in our six-town area. It shares its name with the Ossipee Mountains, once a range of ancient volcanoes, which border it on the west.